PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Feb. 18, 2011

Contact: Willard R. Helander
                (847) 377-2308

 Lake County Clerk Reports Election Results Online

WAUKEGAN, Illinois - County Clerk Willard Helander announced today that election results for the Tuesday, February 22 Consolidated Primary Election will be reported after 7 p.m. on the Clerk's website at LakeCountyClerk.info as tallies are available. Offices appearing on February's primary ballot are alderman for City of North Chicago Wards 2 and 4 and City of Waukegan Wards 2, 3, 6, and 8.

Voters and interested parties are urged to visit the site at LakeCountyClerk.info and click on ELECTION RESULTS prior to Election Day to become familiar with the site's features. Also on the Election Results web page, visitors will find an instructional video on navigating and customizing election result summaries by race, as well as at precinct level reporting.

All votes cast in precincts on Election Day will be reported virtually live as results are transmitted from precinct voting sites. Viewers should click the refresh button on web report pages once they enter to ensure the most recent results are viewed.

Results for those who voted before Election Day during early voting or grace period registration at the Clerk's office or voted by mail will be counted and added to precinct results in successive files on election night after all Election Day precincts have reported. To determine when each ballot category is reported, locate the light blue bar listing an office title. To the right is an icon with a green arrow and legend Vote Type Summary. Click on Vote Type Summary to see the grid of voting options that have been reported.

To keep current on County Clerk services and election news, visit LakeCountyClerk.info, follow us at twitter.com/ClerkWillard, join our page at facebook.com/CountyClerk, subscribe to our e-newsletter or call (847) 377-2400.